FCC should let markets work
In February, Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler declared that the North Carolina General Assembly had no authority to determine telecommunications policy in North Carolina. Well, okay... Read More
NC Spin Articles
It's too early to be running for governor
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, April 4, 2014. Stop running for office already. No, we’re not talking about those campaigning right this minute for elected offices that will be in play starting... Read More
NCPedia becomes and even richer -- and tempting -- resource
by Bob Ashley, Editor, Durham Herald-Sun, April 5, 2014. If you wanted to know how Lizard Lick got that name – one of my favorites on the North Carolina map – you could, of course, Google it. But... Read More
Road funding?
As state transportation officials take up the knotty issue of how to pay for roads in the future, they better first understand the political thicket in which state legislators have left them. Members... Read More
Highway funding: It's time to brainstorm
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 5, 2014. These are not happy days on the state transportation front. Drooping tax revenues, higher construction costs and congressional dysfunction are... Read More
Jimmy Green, Patrick Cannon and the N.C. hustle
There is an obvious art to dealing with an FBI agent sting operation if you are a public official. Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green, a shrewd ol’ country boy, could obviously smell it out better than Charlotte... Read More
NC Voter fraud! (Or maybe not.)
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, April 5, 2014. Here come the told-you-so’s. Here come Republicans justifying a bad N.C. voter ID law by pointing to a new report that shows hundreds of cases of... Read More
In NC Senate race there's plenty of money, but whose money
Outside groups have spent more than $15 million on political advertising – most of it negative – on both sides of North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, more money than in any other state. Who is... Read More
Be careful what you wish for
A year ago when my health insurance went up I grumbled and blamed Blue Cross. Then, this year, my new bill arrived and the premium went up again even more. But this time I didn’t blame Blue Cross. I... Read More
Obamacare: A new ballgame
Just as ObamaCare divides the nation politically, it divides Democrats strategically. Does it spell disaster in November, or can we score points with it? The President took the ball to the basket... Read More
